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Miniature bottle.
Translucent cobalt blue.
Uneven rim, folded out, round, and in; slender cylindrical neck joining imperceptibly with convex-curving side to conical body; pushed-in bottom.
Intact; blowing striations; dulling, iridescence, and some patches of encrusted weathering.
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Title: Glass perfume bottle
Period: Imperial
Date: 1st century CE
Culture: Roman
Medium: Glass; blown
Dimensions: H.: 1 1/4 in. (3.1 cm)
Classification: Glass
Credit Line: Gift of J. Pierpont Morgan, 1917
Object Number: 17.194.271
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